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QUOTE OF THE DAY
— Washington County Commissioner Courtney Hammond speaking before a public meeting about a proposed 40% hike in the county budget.
TODAY’S TOP STORIES
Security is on the minds of Maine politicians after Charlie Kirk’s assassination. Campaigns are beginning to talk about the issue in a state known for close relationships between officials and their voters.
Washington County officials faced an outcry over a proposed 40% budget hike. And the budget proposal wasn’t even the main event at the packed public hearing Thursday.
A former Eastport plant that made sardine cans is selling for $150,000. The building’s fortunes declined as the industry waned — Maine’s last cannery closed down in 2010 — and for decades it has sat largely empty.
The Bangor City Council is preparing to pick a new leader earlier than expected. The uncertainty around the vacancy comes after Cara Pelletier resigned Tuesday night.
Milford abruptly canceled its third attempt to pass a school budget Thursday but managed to fill a school committee spot left vacant by a resignation.
NEWS FROM AROUND THE STATE
- Maine principals fight DOJ request for student names in transgender athlete case
- Maine’s minimum wage will rise to $15.10 next year
- Police seize more than 2 kilos of drugs in Bangor raid
- Missing Garland teen has been found safe
- Someone carved initials into the sign at the summit of Katahdin
- Maine’s highest court hears arguments in $700K Piscataquis embezzlement case
- Court orders Houlton to turn over footage of police interaction with child
- A Canadian power services company is expanding to Loring
- Calais family sues city over chicken coop restrictions
- Hartland man fatally shot by Somerset County sheriff’s deputies
- Unidentified police detain parent at Maine elementary school
- Frontier Airlines to end service at Portland Jetport
MAINE IN PICTURES
FROM THE OPINION PAGES
“Until HHS is led by someone who takes science seriously, we remain vulnerable.”
Opinion: For health and safety of Americans, Kennedy should resign as HHS secretary
LIFE IN MAINE
Watch an underwater drone find an airplane at the bottom of Moosehead Lake.
This whimsical cottage in Boothbay looks straight out of a storybook.
Your library card will get you into Maine’s state parks for free later this month.